Hay-press



' Patented Apr. la," I899 F. v. BURNER.

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(Application filed Apr. 14, 1898.)

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No. 623,394. Patented Apr. l8, I899.

F. V. BURNER.

HAY PRESS. (Application filed Apr. 14, 1898.) (No Model.) 3' Sheets-Sheet 3.

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lJNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK V. BURNER, OF ELKO, NEVADA.

HAY-PFlESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,394, dated April 18, 1899.

Application filed April 14, 1898- Serial No. 677,605. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK V. BURNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elko, in the county of Elko and State of Nevada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Presses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention has relation to a balingpress, and has for its object to provide a novel mechanism for actuating the plunger thereof and by means of which great pressure can be exerted against the hay to form a bale.

The invention, together with the preferred form of construction of the press itself, will be understood from the following description and will be specifically pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my entire apparatus complete. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one end of the casing. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the bale-box located at the opposite end of the casing. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one end of the sweep. Fig. 5 isa detail perspective view of the plunger-head. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of my baling-machine, showing a single cable. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the sweep and its connections. Fig. 8 is a detail view of the plunger-rod and the stop thereon in connection with the supporting-roller.

Referrin g to the numerals on the drawings, 1 indicates the casing of the press, which is preferably a comparatively long rectangular box braced by suitable frames 2, consisting, respectively, of horizontal base-pieces 3 and vertical posts 4, extending upwardly from the base-piece 3 along the opposite sides of the casing and secured by metal plates 5, having horizontal outwardly-projecting lower ends 6, projecting under metal straps or loops forming keepers '7, clamped in any suitable manner upon the pieces 3 adjacent to said cured at its opposite ends by a pair of keepers 11, carried by the casing, suitable loops 12 being provided upon the end-gate and through which the locking-bar passes.

13 indicates a hinged cover extending over the casing from its front end to the front edge of the bale-box, andl4 indicates the hinged cover of the bale-box. In order to lock the covers, transverse tie-bars 15 are hinged in any suitable manner at one end to the posts 4 and are designed to be detachably secured at their opposite or free ends by securing hooks 16, pivoted upon the casing, so as to be hooked over projections or L-shaped keepers 17, extending from the bar 15.

18 and 19 indicate a pair of standards suitably located upon two of the base-pieces 3 at about the centers of the covers 13 and 14 and carrying pulleys 20 at their upper ends, over which pass flexible pieces 21, provided upon one end with weights 22 and secured at their opposite extremities to the free or swinging edges of the covers, the weights 22 serving to counterbalance the Weight of the covers and to facilitate their rising for the purpose of introducing the hay to the press or for removing the bale from the bale-box.

24 indicates suitable guy-rods staked to the ground and provided at their opposite or front ends with eyelets 25,designed to receive hooks 26, formed at the rear ends of a pair of guyrods 27, hooked or otherwise secured to eyebolts 28, secured in the posts 4 adjacent to the front end of the casing.

29 indicates a plunger rod or beam, which is ordinarily an elongated beam extending into the casing from its front end and provided upon its rear extremity with a head 30, of any suitable form, conforming to the interior contour of the casing and designed to be forced against the hay placed in the press and to compress said hay into a bale Within' prehends the baling machine or press proper, and I shall now proceed to a description of the novel mechanism which I employ for actuating the plunger to compress the hay.

34, 35, and 36 indicate pairs of pulleys arranged one above the other at thefront end of the casing upon the opposite sides of the plunger 29, and 37, 38, and 39 indicate similar pairs of pulleysjonrnaled side by side within a pulley-casing 40, secured to the opposite sides of the plunger at its outer end, and 4:1 41 indicate a pair of hooks secured at theopposite sides of the front end of the casing l and preferably adjacent to the lower edge of the plunger. 2 and 43 indicate the actuating-cables, which extend from a point in front of the plunger and pass, respectively, around the pulleys 34, thence around the pulleys 39 35 38 36 37, and are finally secured at their ends to the hooks 41. It will be obvious that by this duplex arrangement of gearing the movement of the draft ends of the cable will be much greater than the movement of the plunger under the draft, and as this variation amounts to multiple leverage a powerful compression is obtained within the casing, the parts and the draft-power required to operate the device being reduced to the minimum. For drawing the cables to actuate the press the necessary power is applied by means of a sweep ll, pivoted adjacent to one end upon a stud 4L5, projecting upwardly from the upper end of a sweep-stand 46, having a suitable base 47 and braced, as by brace-rods 48, to resist the strain upon the stand 46 while the sweep is in operation. I provide a capplate 49 upon the top of the stand and having its corners apertured and bent downwardly, so as not to interfere with the movement of the sweep, and engaged by hooks 50 upon the upper ends of guy-rods 51, staked, as by stakes 52, to the ground. The tie-rods 51 may be provided with turnbuckles 53, by means of which they may be kept tight. I

54 indicates a cable-fork, of any suitable form, carried at the front end of the sweep 4a and designed to guide the cables on the chain 55, connected to their extremities and to which is secured the singletree 56, by means of which the draft-animal is hitched. The draft-cables receive their initial pull or strain from the long end of the sweep, so that the slack will be quickly taken up; but

. it is essential that the power should be applied from the short end of the sweep as soon as the full load or resistance of the plunger in action is opposed to its movement. I therefore forma cable-frame 57 at the rear or short end of the sweep, consisting of the substantially rectangnlarlyarranged bars 59,

and stand 46 and are passed through the fork 54 to the singletree. The draft-animal is then attached, and as the sweep is rotated the unusual strain upon the cables will be exerted from the long end of the lever; but by the time the slack has been taken up the cable-frame 57 will keep in contact with the cables, which will now by continued movement of the sweep be wound thereupon, bringing the resistance opposed by the movement of the plunger upon the short end of the sweep for the purpose of utilizing the leverage of the latter.

If desired, a cable-drum 62, adjustably carried in a suitable frame 63, may be located intermediate of the sweep and plunger to prevent sagging of the cable, and a sweep stop 64, of any form, is provided at a suitable point to retain a sweep during the tying andremoval of the bale. In like manner a bracket may be provided on the under side of the long end of the sweep and carrying awheel 66, designed to travel over a circular track 67.

In operation the covers 13 are elevated or opened and the hay is packed into the casing. The covers are now locked down, and the sweep is rotated in the manner described. The plunger will be forced into the casing, and the head 30 will compress the hay into the bale-box, forming the bale, which may be tied in the ordinary manner by the introduction of the bale-ties through the openings 8 in the bale-box, after which the locking-bar 10 is withdrawn, and the end gate 9 is removed,

' the cover 14 is thrown open, and the bale may be taken from the bale-box. The plunger is preferably retracted by attaching a cable 68 to a hook 69 at the end of the plunger and.

passing around a pulley '70, attached to one of the stakes 52. The draft-animal may be hitched to the end of the rope, or it may be pulled by hand and the plunger retracted until the stop 33 passes over the rollers 32.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.-

1. In a baling-press, the combination with the plunger thereof for actuating it, of a cable connected to said plunger, and a sweep-lever having its actuating long arm to which the power is applied engaging said cable for giving the initial compressing movement to the plunger, said lever being provided with a short heel extension also adapted to engage the cable for giving a final and greatly-increased pressure to the plunger, substantially as described.

2. In a baling-press, the combination with the plunger thereof and a cable for actuating said plunger, of a sweep-lever having a long arm to which power is applied for actuating it, said arm engaging the cable for taking up slack therein and giving initial compressing movement to the plunger, said lever having a short heel extension and 'divergingtarms adapted to engage the cable for giving a final and greatly-increased pressure to the plunger, substantially as described.

In a baling-press, the combination with the plunger 29, and a cable connected therewith for actuating it, of a sweep-lever having a long arm etl engaging the. cable for actuating the plunger, and to which arm power is applied, and a short heel extension and diverging ba-rs 59 connected therewith, said heel extension and diverging bars being each adapted to engage the cable for giving a greatly-increased and final pressure to the plunger after the slack in the cable has been taken up, and the initial pressure of the plunger has been exerted by the long arm of the sweep, substantially as described.

4. In a baling-press, the combination with the plunger and the cable connected therewith for actuating it, of a sweep-lever having a long arm en gaging said cable for giving the initial movement to the plunger, and a short heelextension frame having arms adapted to en- FRANK V. BURNER.

Witnesses JOHN S. MAYHUGH, EDWARD BIRNEY. 

